"I wonder if you have heard of the terrible thing which happened yesterday at Wyndfell Hall ?" he asked abruptly.
"I only left the house at five o'clock," exclaimed Dr.Panton; and then, as he saw the look of gravity deepen on the other man's face, he asked: "Was there a fire there last night?
I trust not!" "No," said the other, slowly, "nothing has happened to the house, Dr.
Panton.

But your friend Mr.Varick is dead.

He went out for a walk in the dark, and seems to have slipped over the side of an embankment into deep water.

His body was not recovered for some hours--in fact, not till early this morning." Dr.Panton got up from the chair on which he had been sitting.

He was too shocked, too taken aback, to speak, and the other went on: "I cannot give you many details, for when Miss Farrow telephoned to me she was very much upset, and the line was very bad.